Meanings
nounVelvet Revolution (plural Velvet Revolutions)
plural Velvet Revolutions
- Any non-violent political revolution, especially the events in Czechoslovakia that led to the velvet divorce.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 天鵝絨革命 /天鹅绒革命
- 天鵝絨革命 /天鹅绒革命 (tiān'éróng gémìng)any non-violent political revolution
Czech sametová revoluce
- sametová revoluceany non-violent political revolution
Estonian sametrevolutsioon
- sametrevolutsioonany non-violent political revolution
Finnish samettivallankumous
- samettivallankumousany non-violent political revolution
French révolution de velours
- révolution de veloursany non-violent political revolution
German Samtene Revolution
- Samtene Revolutionany non-violent political revolution
Japanese ビロード革命
- ビロード革命 (birōdo kakumei)any non-violent political revolution
Russian ба́рхатная револю́ция
- ба́рхатная револю́ция (bárxatnaja revoljúcija)any non-violent political revolution
Slovak nežná revolúcia
- nežná revolúciaany non-violent political revolution
Swedish sammetsrevolutionen
- sammetsrevolutionenany non-violent political revolution
Turkish kadife devrim
- kadife devrimany non-violent political revolution
Cite this entry
APA
Velvet Revolution. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Velvet%20Revolution
MLA
“Velvet Revolution.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Velvet%20Revolution. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Velvet Revolution,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Velvet%20Revolution.
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